Shloka 72 - Adhyaya 30 - Purva Ardha - Kashi Khanda | Indonesian | Vedapath

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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

जातो मृतो बहुषु तीर्थवरेषु रे त्वं जंतो न जातु तव शांतिरभून्निमज्य । वाराणसी निगदतीह मृतोऽमृतत्वं प्राप्याधुना मम बलात्स्मरशासनः स्याः

Transliteration

jāto mṛto bahuṣu tīrthavareṣu re tvaṃ jaṃto na jātu tava śāṃtirabhūnnimajya | vārāṇasī nigadatīha mṛto'mṛtatvaṃ prāpyādhunā mama balātsmaraśāsanaḥ syāḥ

Translation

Wahai makhluk, engkau telah lahir dan mati berulang kali di banyak tīrtha utama; bahkan setelah mandi suci pun engkau tak pernah memperoleh damai. Namun Vārāṇasī menyatakan: ‘Siapa yang wafat di sini, mencapai keabadian’; kini, oleh dayaku, engkau akan menjadi penakluk Kāma (nafsu).

Word by Word

जातःborn

मृतःdead

बहुषुin many

तीर्थवरेषुin excellent sacred fords (pilgrimage places)

रेO! (hey)

त्वम्you

जन्तोO creature, O being

नnot

जातुever

तवyour

शान्तिःpeace, tranquility

अभूत्was, came to be

निमज्यhaving immersed (bathed)

वाराणसीVārāṇasī

निगदतीdeclaring, proclaiming

इहhere

मृतःhaving died

अमृतत्वम्immortality

प्राप्यhaving attained

अधुनाnow

ममmy

बलात्by (my) power, forcibly

स्मरशासनःone who rules over Kāma (the subduer of desire)

स्याःmay you be

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya; verse uses direct address)

Characters & Entities

Vārāṇasī

Smara (Kāma)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage and bathing alone may not grant peace; Kāśī is exalted as uniquely capable of granting liberation and mastery over desire through divine power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vārāṇasī (Kāśī), specifically the doctrine that death there leads to amṛtatva (liberation/immortality).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing/immersion) is referenced as insufficient by itself; the emphasis shifts to the salvific status of dying in Kāśī.